Palestinian death toll surpasses 70,000 since start of Israel-Hamas war, Gaza ministry says World Nov 29, 2025 3:10 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south.

The toll has continued to rise after the latest ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10. Israel still carries out strikes in response to what it has called violations of the truce, and bodies from earlier in the war are being recovered from the rubble.

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The Health Ministry says the Palestinian toll is now 70,100. The ministr

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